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Top 5 of 2024- #2 Characters with a Death Wish

This post originally went live on January 22, 2024. I guess the quote above is what a literal death wish is.  That would be an acceptance that life has an ending and you’re okay with that eventuality.  Doesn’t sound like … Continue reading

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Scenario: Homesick Demon?

Yes, I’m sticking with fantasy, but I’m hoping the mentality around each scenario can be seen as universal.  It’s all about making decisions as a character.  Still trying to find a good way to do these things.  Hard to get … Continue reading

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Scenario: Agreeing To a Difficult Situation

So, these are for people to think about and try to put themselves into a situation as someone else.  It’s fairly easy to decide on what we would do when a character runs into a problem.  Yet, we don’t always … Continue reading

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The Average Man Among Geniuses?

For those that never saw this SyFy show, ‘Eureka’ was about a secret town where all of these scientific geniuses lived.  They created advances in various technologies and there were always things running amok.  Jack Carter was made the town … Continue reading

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The Fanboy and Fangirl in Fiction

This is a strange character type that I’ve noticed showing up in various shows.  They are major fans of one of the heroes and will be nearly obsessed with them.  Typically, they show up after a few adventures create a … Continue reading

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Fame vs Infamy

The meme is a little extreme, but it gets the point across.  Thought I made a post about this long ago, but it looks like I’ve merely mentioned this in passing.  People seem to get this wrong either by accident … Continue reading

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Questions 3: Basic Skills of Characters

Since basic skills can change from person to person, I figure I’ll open the floor.  Got my hands full today as well.  Keep in mind that I’m talking about the skills authors and readers don’t think about.  We take them … Continue reading

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7 Tips to Utilizing Basic Skills That Might Not Be Basic

This list isn’t going to work for every author, reader, or story.  Going to try to be as general as possible, but we’ll see how it goes. If you want to remove a basic skill from a character halfway through … Continue reading

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Skills We Take for Granted

This stems from something decades ago.  When making some 3rd Edition Dungeons & Dragons characters with players, one was asking why his barbarian wasn’t allowed to start with reading and writing.  He had to use points to give himself these … Continue reading

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The Over-the-Top Rebellious Teenager

So, this is the other character type I was thinking of last time I re-watched ‘Great Teacher Onizuka’.  Now, the story is that Onizuka is a former motorcycle gang member who is determined to be a teacher.  He gets a … Continue reading

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